Certificate of Need news and information

Health officials in South Carolina are turning straight to the state's Supreme Court to determine if Republican Gov. Nikki Haley had legal grounds to suspend the state's certificate-of-need program. She used her veto power last week to cut the $1.7 million in funding needed to run the program.
FULL STORY »

New York Downtown Hospital—now renamed New York-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital—has merged with New York-Presbyterian Hospital to become its sixth member, effective July 1.
FULL STORY »

A program that South Carolina health officials use to regulate whether hospitals can add new beds, build additional facilities or even buy expensive equipment appears to have been gutted.
FULL STORY »

A doctor who died 12 years ago is having an influence on healthcare debates all across the country.
FULL STORY »

An effort in Maine to kill the state's certificate-of-need law has the support of Gov. Paul LePage and others who say the free market is a better regulator than the government when it comes to deciding how many healthcare facilities can be built.
FULL STORY »

No one doubts Edward Hospital CEO Pam Davis' credentials as a tough customer.
FULL STORY »

A New York state Department of Health planning committee scrutinized a "proliferation of robots" during its recent months-long review of the state's certificate of need process, saying too many hospitals are preoccupied with buying high-tech, high-cost equipment regardless of need.
FULL STORY »

The removal of certificate of need regulations reduced costs for coronary artery bypass graft, or heart bypass surgery, but did not reduce costs for angioplasty, according to a study.
FULL STORY »

An Illinois regulatory board's selection of one hospital plan over another in northwest suburban McHenry County raises questions as to whether the state — rather than the market — should decide the fate of health care projects.
FULL STORY »

The Queen's Health Systems, Honolulu, has agreed to acquire Hawaii Medical Center West from St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii and to reopen the hospital by fall 2013, according to a news release.
FULL STORY »